Westside Elementary School

Westside Elementary School, a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Cynthiana, Kentucky, part of Harrison County, serves 360 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Harrison County runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,982 students. Westside Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Westside Elementary School shows that nearly all students (88%) are White; the rest breaks down as 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Westside Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.2%, the actual is 43.9%, a residual of -0.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Harrison County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,442, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Westside Elementary School is one of 8 public schools in Harrison County (combined enrollment of about 2,982 students).

Nearest neighbor: Harrison County High School, around 1.9 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Westside Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 32.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Westside Elementary School has climbed 15%, going from 313 students in 2018 to 360 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

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